Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences (FDEPS)
  6th FDEPS workshop
  Dec 6 - Dec 9, 2004
  Kansai Seminar House 

Sixth FEDPS Workshop

• Date :
  Dec 6 - 9, 2004

• Co-organizer: Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University

• Place :
  Kansai Seminar House
  23Takenouchi-cho, Ichijojii, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8134 JAPAN
  Phone:+81-75-711-2115 FAX:+81-75-701-5256
  http://www.academy-kansai.com/

Program

• Dec 6 (Mon) - Dec 8 (Wed): Intensive Lecture Series and Free Discussion
  H.E. Huppert (Cambridge)
  "Geological Fluid Mechanics"
  

  Abstract
  Key words are:
  R-B convection, D-D convection, Plumes, Melting, Solidification, Low Reynolds number gravity currents, High Reynolds number gravity currents, Flow in porous media, Explosive volcanic eruptions.

  • Dec 6 (Mon)
    • 09:00 - 12:00
      Lecture 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE EARTH.
      Lecture 2 STABILITY THEORY
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch, Free discussion
    • 14:00 - 17:00
      Lecture 3 THERMAL AND DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION
      Lecture 4 PLUMES
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Free discussion
  • Dec 7 (Tue)
    • 09:00 - 12:00
      Lecture 5 MELTING
      Lecture 6 GRAVITY CURRENTS
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch, Free discussion
    • 14:00 - 18:00 Excursion
  • Dec 8 (Wed)
    • 09:00 - 12:00
      Lecture 7 PARTICLE-DRIVEN FLOWS
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch, Free discussion
    • 14:00 - 17:00
      Lecture 8 ERUPTIVE VOLCANOES
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Free discussion

• Dec 9 (Thr): Seminar
  • 09:00 - 11:00
    H.E. Huppert (U. Cambridge)
    The Flow of Granular Media

    "We will present a study of initially vertical cylinders of granular material collapsing over a horizontal base. We describe the spreading in different regimes of the aspect ratio a=h_i/r_i, where the initial cylinder of material has radius or length r_i and height h_i. The motion is described by the same scaling relationships for all materials, independent of internal friction due to interactions between grains. Only at the end of flow, when there is an abrupt halt, is internal friction important."

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